Athletic Club ends a 31-year drought without titles

Athletic Club has been proclaimed champion of the 2015 Spain Super Cup, ending a drought of 31 years without titles. With the draw (1-1) at the Camp Nou and the astonishing 4-0 achieved at San Mamés, Athletic could lift the trophy in the Catalan stronghold. We review the key points of the match.

1. Strength and defensive solidarity
As well as in the first leg, Athletic was very solid throughout the match. His players also turned to show their solidarity aspect cooperating on the defensive side whenever was necessary.

2. Movement criteria

Against the game of possession and control of Barcelona, Athletic resorted to pressure to recover the ball. Once it was recovered, Athletic moved the ball with criteria and cleverness, far from get rid of it and give chances to the Barca side.

3. Physical display

With little time to recover, Athletic returned to show a great physical display at the Camp Nou. Despite his comfortable lead in the tie, Athletic never stopped pressing and pushing the creation line of the Catalans.

4. Patience

Barcelona struggled to get an epic comeback with all its strength. With the goal of Lionel Messi before the break, together with continuous chances for the "Blaugrana" strikers, the Camp Nou started to believe in the comeback. Under the circumstances, Athletic never lost patience and knew how to wait for their chance to get the draw and the title.

5. Aduriz's definitive

It had to be him, the hero of the first leg, who closed the match and the title for Athletic. On 74 minutes, the Basque striker stood alone in front of Claudio Bravo and despite he missed the first attempt, he could get the ball again and sent it to the back of the net in his second chance. Aduriz is already a legend.